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Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child

Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child

shortly after 1484

workshop of Benedetto Briosco

(Italian, c. 1460–after 1514)

and Tomaso Cazzaniga

(Italian)

Marble with gilding

Overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1928.863

Description

This relief formed part of a public funerary monument in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Milan. The military leader and diplomat humbly kneels in profile before the infant Christ in a naturalistic setting, drawing attention to the Holy Family’s humanity and the deceased man’s reverence.

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